Two liberal groups â€“ one of them directed by a brother of the Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean â€“ will begin running a graphic attack advertisement Thursday morning raising questions about Senator John McCainâ€™s health. Showing vivid and unflattering images of the fresh scar that appeared on Senator McCainâ€™s face immediately after his last operation for melanoma skin cancer eight years ago

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To their credit, CNN refused to air the ad:

Brave New PAC and Democracy for America, said they were only showing the spot initially on MSNBC over the next few days, a limited run intended to draw news media attention on a network that has increasingly catered to liberal tastes.

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Leighton Akio Woodhouse, a spokesman for Brave New PAC, said late Wednesday that CNN declined to accept the commercial after reviewing its contents this week.

What else are these guys responsible for?

The ad comes from the same two groups that recently released an advertisement questioning whether Mr. McCainâ€™s time as a prisoner of war in Vietnam adversely affected his ability to lead.

This is exactly the type of ad that would appeal to, you guessed it, the twentysomething hipsters who already support Barack Obama. To them, old people are gross and The Man and if you don’t (can’t?) use a computer, well, what the hell is wrong with you?(!)

These types of ads don’t resonate with most Americans. Most people see them as hateful and mean spirited. Though I’m sure Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann love ’em.